Passaic River Banks Private Property???

[Rickhem]

I was taking a little lunch-time fishing break today, throwing some lures on a very well-known stretch of the Passaic River, and I was asked to leave by someone that claimed I was on private property. The property in question is a business, and he has a parking lot with a guard rail that kind of defines the end of his lot. I was at least 40 yards away from his parking lot in kind of thick stuff along the bank. I didn't park in his lot, and I didn't walk ofer his property to access the bank, I just walked along it. I left when he asked, and went back to another area for another 10 minutes since it was almost time to get back to work anyway.

So my question is this: Aren't the banks of state stocked waters open for fishing? Is it possible that he owns right down to the water?